Lorain man pleads guilty in home invasion robbery

ELYRIA — A man involved in a home invasion and robbery a year ago that left a couple tied up in Lorain, has admitted his guilt.

Dallas Meinhold, 26, of Lorain, pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of kidnapping, one count of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of felonious assault in the 8 p.m. Jan. 16, 2013, incident.

Meinhold was accused of pushing his way into the home of Derek Brown at 2617 W. 39th St., and assaulting Brown, 26, and his 23-year-old girlfriend. Meinhold’s co-defendant, Glenn Wamsley, 48, of Grafton is set for a pretrial Jan. 31.

Officers seized about 12 pounds of high quality marijuana and seven guns, including one AR-15-type assault rifle found inside the home. Police later charged Brown with possession of drugs, Capt. Roger Watkins has said.

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The incident was not random, Watkins said. It appeared Brown was the intended target, although it did not appear he had dealt with Meinhold and Wamsley before, according to Watkins.

The incident unfolded about 7:53 p.m. The intruders tied up Brown’s girlfriend in an upstairs bedroom, but she managed to call police, a Lorain police report stated.

When K-9 Officer Craig Payne and police dog, Kriss, arrived, Payne saw through a front picture window a man later identified as Meinhold standing and appearing to yell at and kick someone while looking toward the floor, the report stated.

The living room area was “trashed with many items on the floor that were broken,” the report stated.
Meinhold tried to flee out a sliding door at the back, it stated.

Meinhold ran back to the living room and surrendered when Payne threatened to release Kriss, the report stated.

Police found Brown tied up, bleeding and unconscious in the kitchen and his girlfriend tied up upstairs, the report stated.

A sentencing date has not yet been set yet, pending a pre-sentence investigation report, according to Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge John Miraldi’s office.

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